diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/AndroidTextInputNativeComponent.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/AndroidTextInputNativeComponent.js
index d08573f119d3a8..3a381d1bdb64cd 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/AndroidTextInputNativeComponent.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/AndroidTextInputNativeComponent.js
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ import type {
   Float,
   Int32,
   WithDefault,
-} from 'react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes';
+} from '../../Types/CodegenTypes';
 import type {HostComponent} from '../../Renderer/shims/ReactNativeTypes';
 import type {TextStyleProp, ViewStyleProp} from '../../StyleSheet/StyleSheet';
 import type {ColorValue} from '../../StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes';
 import {requireNativeComponent} from 'react-native';
+import codegenNativeCommands from '../../Utilities/codegenNativeCommands';
+import * as React from 'react';
 
 export type KeyboardType =
   // Cross Platform
@@ -534,6 +536,33 @@ export type NativeProps = $ReadOnly<{|
   text?: ?string,
 |}>;
 
+type NativeType = HostComponent<NativeProps>;
+
+interface NativeCommands {
+  +focus: (viewRef: React.ElementRef<NativeType>) => void;
+  +blur: (viewRef: React.ElementRef<NativeType>) => void;
+  +setMostRecentEventCount: (
+    viewRef: React.ElementRef<NativeType>,
+    eventCount: Int32,
+  ) => void;
+  +setTextAndSelection: (
+    viewRef: React.ElementRef<NativeType>,
+    mostRecentEventCount: Int32,
+    value: ?string, // in theory this is nullable
+    start: Int32,
+    end: Int32,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+export const Commands: NativeCommands = codegenNativeCommands<NativeCommands>({
+  supportedCommands: [
+    'focus',
+    'blur',
+    'setMostRecentEventCount',
+    'setTextAndSelection',
+  ],
+});
+
 const AndroidTextInputNativeComponent: HostComponent<NativeProps> = requireNativeComponent<NativeProps>(
   'AndroidTextInput',
 );
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index 8ac470bf0a58d5..26239ca438009d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public Object updateState(
 
     return new ReactTextUpdate(
         spanned,
-        -1, // TODO add this into local Data?
+        state.hasKey("mostRecentEventCount") ? state.getInt("mostRecentEventCount") : -1,
         false, // TODO add this into local Data
         textViewProps.getTextAlign(),
         textBreakStrategy,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 0f7994195fe6db..72165e54271b04 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import android.text.InputType;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Spannable;
+import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.TextWatcher;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.TextAttributeProps;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.TextInlineImageSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.TextLayoutManager;
+import com.facebook.react.views.text.TextTransform;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
 
   private static final int FOCUS_TEXT_INPUT = 1;
   private static final int BLUR_TEXT_INPUT = 2;
+  private static final int SET_MOST_RECENT_EVENT_COUNT = 3;
+  private static final int SET_TEXT_AND_SELECTION = 4;
 
   private static final int INPUT_TYPE_KEYBOARD_NUMBER_PAD = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER;
   private static final int INPUT_TYPE_KEYBOARD_DECIMAL_PAD =
@@ -177,10 +181,16 @@ public void receiveCommand(
       ReactEditText reactEditText, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray args) {
     switch (commandId) {
       case FOCUS_TEXT_INPUT:
-        reactEditText.requestFocusFromJS();
+        this.receiveCommand(reactEditText, "focus", args);
         break;
       case BLUR_TEXT_INPUT:
-        reactEditText.clearFocusFromJS();
+        this.receiveCommand(reactEditText, "blur", args);
+        break;
+      case SET_MOST_RECENT_EVENT_COUNT:
+        this.receiveCommand(reactEditText, "setMostRecentEventCount", args);
+        break;
+      case SET_TEXT_AND_SELECTION:
+        this.receiveCommand(reactEditText, "setTextAndSelection", args);
         break;
     }
   }
@@ -197,9 +207,40 @@ public void receiveCommand(
       case "blurTextInput":
         reactEditText.clearFocusFromJS();
         break;
+      case "setMostRecentEventCount":
+        reactEditText.setMostRecentEventCount(args.getInt(0));
+        break;
+      case "setTextAndSelection":
+        int mostRecentEventCount = args.getInt(0);
+
+        if (mostRecentEventCount != UNSET) {
+          String text = args.getString(1);
+
+          int start = args.getInt(2);
+          int end = args.getInt(3);
+          if (end == UNSET) {
+            end = start;
+          }
+
+          // TODO: construct a ReactTextUpdate and use that with maybeSetText
+          // instead of calling setText, etc directly - doing that will definitely cause bugs.
+          reactEditText.maybeSetText(getReactTextUpdate(text, mostRecentEventCount, start, end));
+        }
+        break;
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO: if we're able to fill in all these values and call maybeSetText when appropriate
+  // I think this is all that's needed to fully support TextInput in Fabric
+  private ReactTextUpdate getReactTextUpdate(
+      String text, int mostRecentEventCount, int start, int end) {
+    SpannableStringBuilder sb = new SpannableStringBuilder();
+    sb.append(TextTransform.apply(text, TextTransform.UNSET));
+
+    return new ReactTextUpdate(
+        sb, mostRecentEventCount, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, 0, 0, start, end);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void updateExtraData(ReactEditText view, Object extraData) {
     if (extraData instanceof ReactTextUpdate) {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
index 617e19c06f6f7f..3affefe7f44eac 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
@@ -36,29 +36,40 @@ AttributedString AndroidTextInputShadowNode::getAttributedString(
   textAttributes.apply(getProps()->textAttributes);
 
   // Use BaseTextShadowNode to get attributed string from children
-  {
-    auto const &attributedString =
-        BaseTextShadowNode::getAttributedString(textAttributes, *this);
-    if (!attributedString.isEmpty() || !usePlaceholders) {
-      return attributedString;
+  auto const &attributedString =
+      BaseTextShadowNode::getAttributedString(textAttributes, *this);
+  if (!attributedString.isEmpty()) {
+    return attributedString;
+  }
+  if (!getProps()->text.empty() || usePlaceholders) {
+    // If the BaseTextShadowNode didn't detect any child Text nodes, we
+    // may actually just have a `text` attribute.
+    // TODO: figure out why BaseTextShadowNode doesn't pick this up, this
+    // is a bug. A minimal Playground example that triggers this: P122991121
+    auto textAttributedString = AttributedString{};
+    auto fragment = AttributedString::Fragment{};
+    fragment.string = getProps()->text;
+
+    if (usePlaceholders) {
+      // Return placeholder text instead, if text was empty.
+      if (fragment.string.empty()) {
+        fragment.string = getProps()->placeholder;
+      }
+      // For measurement purposes, we want to make sure that there's at least a
+      // single character in the string so that the measured height is greater
+      // than zero. Otherwise, empty TextInputs with no placeholder don't
+      // display at all.
+      if (fragment.string.empty()) {
+        fragment.string = " ";
+      }
     }
+    fragment.textAttributes = textAttributes;
+    fragment.parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this);
+    textAttributedString.appendFragment(fragment);
+    return textAttributedString;
   }
 
-  // Return placeholder text instead, if text was empty.
-  auto placeholderAttributedString = AttributedString{};
-  auto fragment = AttributedString::Fragment{};
-  fragment.string = getProps()->placeholder;
-
-  // For measurement purposes, we want to make sure that there's at least a
-  // single character in the string so that the measured height is greater than
-  // zero. Otherwise, empty TextInputs with no placeholder don't display at all.
-  if (fragment.string == "") {
-    fragment.string = " ";
-  }
-  fragment.textAttributes = textAttributes;
-  fragment.parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this);
-  placeholderAttributedString.appendFragment(fragment);
-  return placeholderAttributedString;
+  return attributedString;
 }
 
 void AndroidTextInputShadowNode::setTextLayoutManager(